Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice

by Sidney Powell

Overview

This true legal thriller debunks everything the media and the government told us about the Department of Justice’s destruction and prosecution of the venerable accounting firm Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch executives who did one business transaction with Enron,  Alaska Senator Ted Steven’s,  and more.  The common thread through it all is a cabal of narcissistic federal prosecutors who broke all the rules and rose to great power.  Still in the news today—Robert Mueller s “pitbull" Andrew Weissmann and other members of Obama's inner circle—are wreaking havoc on our Republic.  This is the book that began exposing “the Deep State.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732767607
Publisher:	Sidney Powell
Publication date:	10/23/2018
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second edition
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	320,582
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Former federal prosecutor under nine US attorneys from both political parties over ten years and three districts, Sidney Powell was lead counsel in 350 criminal appeals for the United States and more than 150 since in private practice. It was from her experience in several of her cases that she felt compelled to write LICENSED TO LIE: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice after seeing a core group of federal prosecutors break all the rules, make up crimes, hide evidence, and send innocent people to prison. The book reads like a legal thriller, but it names the prosecutors who then rose to positions of great power and the judges who turned a blind eye to their abuses of unfettered power. Sidneyis highly sought to comment on current legal issues and government investigations—especially the special investigation lead by Robert Mueller and his chief lieutenant Andrew Weissmann, who is a true villain in LICENSED TO LIE. 

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Chapter 1 The Ultimate Toll 1

Chapter 2 The Dangerous Fuel of Public Outrage 13

Chapter 3 The Task Force Annihilates Arthur Andersen 29

Chapter 4 Wanna Buy a Barge? 57

Chapter 5 Nailing the Coffins 75

Chapter 6 Facing the Firing Squad 85

Chapter 7 Supreme Reversals 111

Chapter 8 The Longest Year 127

Chapter 9 BOHICA 165

Chapter 10 More Surprises 183

Chapter 11 The Department of Injustice: Polar Pen Melts 197

Chapter 12 The Mother of All Hearings 207

Chapter 13 Move Over, DOJ: There's a New Sheriff in Town 227

Chapter 14 Another Try 249

Chapter 15 The Big Oops 265

Chapter 16 Truth Be Told 281

Chapter 17 The Beginning of the End 291

Chapter 18 The End of the Beginning 323

Chapter 19 The Last Chance 339

Chapter 20 Inside the Department of Injustice: The Calculated Corruption of justice 363

Chapter 21 BOHICA? Or Just Over? 381

Chapter 22 The Bar at Its Lowest 393

Epilogue 405

Acknowledgments 415

Sources 417

What People are Saying About This

Patricia Falvey

“When you've finished reading this fast-paced thriller, you will want to stand up and applaud Powell's courage in daring to shine light into the darkest recesses of America's justice system. The only ax Powell grinds here is Truth.” --Patricia Falvey, author of The Yellow House and The Linen Queen, and former Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

William Hodes

“Licensed to Lie reads like a cross between investigative journalism and courtroom drama. The takeaway is that both Bushies and Obamaites should be very afraid: over the last few years, a coterie of vicious and unethical prosecutors who are unfit to practice law has been harbored within and enabled by the now ironically named Department of Justice.” --William Hodes, Professor of Law Emeritus, Indiana University, and coauthor, The Law of Lawyering

PhD, University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of EnglishAssociate Director, James A. Michener Center for Wr - Michael Adams

"This book is a testament to the human will to struggle against overwhelming odds to right a wrong and a cautionary tale to all—that true justice doesn't just exist as an abstraction apart from us. True justice is us, making it real through our own actions and our own vigilance against the powerful who cavalierly threaten to take it away."

journalist, historian, four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, author, November 22, 1963: Witness to History - Hugh Aynesworth

"I have covered hundreds of court cases over the years and have witnessed far too often the kind of duplicity and governmental heavy-handedness Ms. Powell describes in her well-written book, Licensed to Lie."

Victor Sperandeo

“Last year four government officials demonstrably lied under oath, and nothing has been done to them--two IRS officials, the Attorney General, and James Clapper -which caused Ed Snowden to release the fact that the US is spying on its citizens and in violation of the 4th amendment. That our government is corrupt is the only conclusion. This book helps the people understand the nature of this corruption—and how it is possible for federal prosecutors to indict and convict the innocent rather than the guilty.” --Victor Sperandeo, CEO and author, Trader Vic: Methods of a Wall Street Master

Editorial Reviews

"Powell has done the law and every citizen a great favor by calling out an unholy practice of government attorneys. Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice, by defense attorney Sidney Powell, is a lurid tale of deceit and amoral behavior on the part of government prosecutors. It is so well written and researched that the story makes for a stunning read."

ForeWord Reviews

06/15/2014
Powell, a former Department of Justice attorney now in private practice, focuses this exposé on the prosecution of officers from Enron and on the trial for fraud of former Alaska senator Ted Stevens. Powell represented employees of Enron and recounts the legal mistakes made by lawyers assigned to the company's task force. She charges that the Justice Department, driven by public pressure to punish those involved in the Enron scandal, forced innocent employees to plead guilty. Powell tells of whistle-blowers in the department's Public Integrity Section who were punished for reporting misconduct by its attorneys. Throughout, the author includes stories of her clients' treatment by the Justice Department and the federal prison system, in which guards repeatedly harassed them and denied them access to their attorneys. There are repeated accusations of prosecutorial misconduct and malpractice by the department, so much so that it becomes hard to believe. VERDICT This book tells a shocking story of corruption. The author portrays the Department of Justice as so vile that she seems to have an axe to grind, even though she denies it in the text. Readers and libraries will want works with a more objective view.—Becky Kennedy, Atlanta-Fulton P.L.

Library Journal

2014-04-29
A former Justice Department lawyer, who now devotes her private practice to federal appeals, dissects some of the most politically contentious prosecutions of the last 15 years.Powell assembles a stunning argument for the old adage, "nothing succeeds like failure," as she traces the careers of a group of prosecutors who were part of the Enron Task Force. The Supreme Court overturned their most dramatic court victories, and some were even accused of systematic prosecutorial misconduct. Yet former task force members such as Kathryn Ruemmler, Matthew Friedrich and Andrew Weissman continued to climb upward through the ranks and currently hold high positions in the Justice Department, FBI and even the White House. Powell took up the appeal of a Merrill Lynch employee who was convicted in one of the subsidiary Enron cases, fighting for six years to clear his name. The pattern of abuse she found was repeated in other cases brought by the task force. Prosecutors of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen did not make exculpatory material available to the defense, a violation of due process under the Supreme Court's 1963 Brady v. Maryland decision; the company was forcibly closed with the loss of 85,000 jobs. In the corruption trial of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, a key witness was intimidated into presenting false testimony. Stevens' conviction, which led to a narrow loss in his 2008 re-election campaign and impacted the majority makeup of the Senate, seems to have been the straw that broke the camel's back; the presiding judge appointed a special prosecutor to investigate abuses. Confronted with the need to clean house as he came into office, writes Powell, Attorney General Eric Holder has yet to take action.The author brings the case for judicial redress before the court of public opinion.

Kirkus Reviews